by Ann Marie Stewart | Mar 15, 2017 | Ann's Book Reviews, Book Clubs, Family, Marriage, Parenting, Relationships
I liked my Life. Actually, it sure seemed like Maddy did. So why did she kill herself? That’s the question her husband Brady and seventeen-year old daughter Eve wrestle with in Abby Fabiaschi’s smashing newly released debut novel. On a snowday in March, I quickly...
by Ann Marie Stewart | Mar 14, 2017 | Ann's Book Reviews, Book Clubs
I am drawn to books that connect with what is happening in the world today. But how does The Postmistress, a WW2 novel set in 1940-1941, help us understand 2017? The premise begins with war-time reporter Frankie Bard asking, “What would you think of a postmistress who...
by Ann Marie Stewart | Jan 8, 2017 | Ann's Book Reviews, Book Clubs, Relationships
Finish this sentence: I AM ___________. If you are white, you probably didn’t write that. “Why not? Because it’s a given. It’s identity that is taken for granted,” the defense attorney not only states that to the jury in Jodi Picoult’s latest novel Small Great...
by Ann Marie Stewart | Oct 30, 2016 | Ann's Book Reviews, Book Clubs
I’ve been reading — a lot. I just haven’t found super amazing bellwether books. So I’m sharing some good books, some of which would be bellwethers if I hadn’t already reviewed so many WW2 novels. Here’s a potluck of potential reads in order of my favorites....
by Ann Marie Stewart | Sep 14, 2016 | Ann's Book Reviews, Book Clubs
Of the many WW2 books I’ve been reading lately: Secrets She Kept, All the Light We Cannot See, and The Nightingale, Salt to the Sea (debuted at #2 on NY Times bestseller list) may be one of my favorites. Though this true tragedy about refugees fleeing an advancing...
